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feveen him and the street. Mr,
Murdockran around to the back
of the store, but the door was
barred and he knew it would take
an earthquake to wake Sam up.
For a minute he didn't know
what to do, and then he said,
'General ! last call for Sam in the
sleeping car !' They tore around
to the front and found the front
hall like a chimney with the
smoke pouring out, but General
didn't care. Up the front stairs
he scooted and down the back
stairs.
A man couldn't have doneit.
In a house afire, you .know, the
nearer the floor you are the less
snioke there is, and a man could
not have run so fast and so close
to the floor as General did. The
dog knew his way with his eyes
shut and he rushed up to Sam
and tugged jit the blankets. Sani
kicked at him, but General tug
'ged again, 'Go away,' Sam says,
only half awake, 'it isn't even day
. light yet but General hung to it
and Sam .got mad
"He reached for a revolver that
he kept near by, for the burglars,
you know, and he sat up to shoot
poor General. But when he. sat
up his head went intp Jhe smoke
and he could see the flames in the
store room.
You'd better believe Sam got
out of these through the back
door without waiting to pull the
trigger. He didn't even wait to
see what became of poor old Gen
eral, who had risked his Ijff for
him. Now, which do you think
was the -better fellow, the man or
the dog?"
NEW STVLES JN EGGS
We're going right home and
have a serious talk with our hens.
We know there were fresh eggs,
storage-eggs, fairly fresh eggs
and strictly fresh eggs, for we
had seen eggs labelled such at the
grocer's, But; here comes the
Ohio experimental station sharps
with styles of eggs that stagger
us and make us suspect our poul
ts The Ohio scientists declare that
17 cents on every dollar's worth
is lost through careless handling
of eggs and announce that the
lost eggs are styled "dirties",
"shrunken," "bacterial rots," and
"moldies." Any hen who'll pro
duce any of these styles has sim
ply gone infb-politics, and we're
bound to find out if our hens have
taken to Bill Taft's idea of rep
resentative government by only;
part of the people.
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Their Knowledge.
Ipsen, the well known Boston
painter, was.telling abouty those
rnillionaires who buy merely to'
show ofF, doubtful vold. masters"
at fabulous'prices.
"Their knowledge of art," said
Ipsen, "is about equal to that of
the sausage manufacturer who
said to Whistler:
"'What would you charge to
do me in pil?'
"Ten thousand,' said Whists
ler promptly.
" 'But suppose I furnish the
oil?' said the sausage million
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